VOTES: Leadership

VOTES Co-Founders

Graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1982 with a BA in history

Graduate work at the University of Massachusetts, Wesleyan University, and Queen's University in Belfast

Came to NMH in 1986 as history and social science teacher and dorm head of Gould Hall. Courses taught include American Government, US History, and US Foreign Policy

Co-founded VOTES in 1988 and currently leads the program

Led five term abroad trips to Egypt and one to Turkey

Head coach, JV basketball and assistant coach, varsity baseball

Won the Blake Chair for Excellence in Teaching, the Housen Award for Excellence in Coaching, and the Parents Chair Award for Excellence in the Residential Arena

Received a Stanton Foundation Grant for the Innovative Teaching of Civics in 2011 and 2012

Currently does dorm duty in Shea Family Cottage

Married to Alissa; two children (Liam, 9 years old, and Aidan, 7½ years old)

Interests: hiking, camping, world travel, Irish history, and US politics

Lorrie Byrom (retired from NMH in 2014)

Graduated from the College of Wooster in 1969 with a BA in history

Taught elementary school in Appalachia (Coal Run, Pennsylvania)—first grade in three-room school house

Graduate school at the College of Wooster, earning a master’s degree in teaching history

Came to NMH in 1973 as a history and social science teacher; was a house director, department chair, director of studies, school dean, and dean of faculty. Courses taught include US History, World History, Asia Rising, Women’s History, Comparative Politics, and Model United Nations

Co-founded VOTES in 1988

Led five terms abroad to Egypt and one to Turkey, traveled with the Model UN group to conferences in St. Petersburg, Russia; Cairo, Egypt; Istanbul, Turkey; Haarlem, Holland; and Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Won Head’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Perry Family Fellowship, William Morrow Award for long-term service to the school

Owns and directs Camp Betsey Cox for Girls in Pittsford, Vermont (25 years in a family business)